Ardicino della Porta

Ardicino della Porta (1434-1493) was a Cardinal of the Catholic Church.

Biography
Ardicino della Porta was born in Novara, Italy in 1434, and he served as Vicar-General of the Archdiocese of Florence, Papal Legate to the Holy Roman Empire and Hungary, and Referendary of the Roman Curia early in his career. In 1475, he became Bishop of Aleria, occupying the post until his death. Pope Sixtus IV made him a datary, and he also served as governor of Norcia, Terni, Perugia, and Citta di Castello. Pope Innocent VIII put him in charge of managing relations with ambassadors to the Holy See, and he became a Cardinal-Priest in 1489. On 2 June 1492, he asked the Pope to allow him to retire to a Camaldolese monastery, but he was forced to return to Rome after other members of the College of Cardinals objected. During the Papal conclave, Cardinal Giuliano Della Rovere promised to agree to Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia's alliance with Cardinals Gherardo and San Severino if he could get Della Porta to leave his monastery, and he helped with electing Borgia as Pope. He died in Rome in 1493, and he was buried in St. Peter's Basilica.